What is the WEIRDEST story that has EVER happened to you in YOUR LIFE

this is what happened.

i was working at a large apartment complex in washington state as a maintenance tech, a jack-of-all-trades. i was required to do any and all repairs in the 310 apartments---patching fist-shaped holes in walls, unclogging turlets, steam-cleaning animal pee out of carpets, and replacing those cheap mini-blinds that would last about 15 seconds. the complex was old, not falling-down old, but it had been used (and abused) by military families over it's 30 year existence.

quick side-note, as i'm thinking about it: the secretary there broke up with her boyfriend after she found 22 pairs of panties behind the seat of his work-truck. he was a cable installer, and (he confessed to her) he would steal women's panties and drive to a secluded place, and, well, whatever. back to the story...

i was sent to an apartment to replace a leaking electric water heater. the building code required that the water heaters had to be installed in a sunken area, so they were all installed in bathroom closets, with a 2-inch barrier at the closet door. so when i went to check the problem, i found the tank standing in 2 inches of water, with water spilling over the front lip onto the bathroom floor.

first things first, of course---turn off the power. (water and electricity don't mix, an instructor once told me. actually, it's just the opposite---water and electricity mix very, very well!) so i went to the breaker box, found the double-breaker marked "water heater", and switched it to the off position.

back to the bathroom. the water tank was in the back of the closet, so i stepped in, in my blue chuck taylor all-stars, and waded to the tank where i turned off the water, and began the task of removal. i hooked a hose up to the drain valve, led the hose out of the closet to the bathtub, and began draining the tank.

as the 40 gallons drained into the tub, i disconnected the plumbing. i unhooked the cold water piping coming into the tank, and the hot water piping leading away. then i turned my attention to the electrical.

i removed the cover plate, whipped out my leatherman tool (courtesy of marlboro miles), opened it to the pliers, and reached in to grab the wiring.

there was a loud POP accompanied by a blinding flash, and i suddenly found myself standing in a dark closet in two inches of water. i couldn't see. and my leatherman was stuck.

it slowly dawned on me what had happened. the breaker had been mislabeled.

i went back into the bathroom and fumbled around till i found my toolbox and grabbed my flashlight. i went back to the breaker box, and switched the master back on. it was a no-go, as the power was now out in all 3 apartments in that end of the building.

i went back to the water heater with my flashlight to see what had happened. and there i saw something amazing.

the side of my leatherman was spot-welded to the edge of the electrical opening. i grabbed the handle and tried to remove it, but it was solid. i had to hit it with a pipe-wrench to break it loose. then i noticed something else---the tip of one of the jaws of my leatherman pliers was completely blown off.

i stood there in a daze. all that power had gone thru my leatherman tool, and for whatever reason, didn't go thru me standing in a 2-inch pool of water.

i went out front and sat on the steps, and smoked some cigarettes.

i had gotten those shoes at a garage sale for two bucks. i never considered them "lucky shoes", but i did continue to wear them till they were literally falling off my feet. and the leatherman stays in the side pocket of my van.

P.S. I believe spiritual experiences don’t mean the person deserved that or is on a higher level, but the person may desperately need it.
I'm a bit a number freak. 666, 777, 888 etc. and I guess I was about 7 seconds gone and I said 7 words.

After I got out of the Marines (Intelligence specialist). I developed a severe case of seizures. 'Epilepsy' around the age of 23.

After dropping my son off at school I was driving down I-70 coming into Indianapolis, speed around 70mph I hit a solid concrete wall head on under an overpass due to a seizure.

The car was completely totaled. I walked away without an ache, scratch, cut or bruise.

When I had to go pick up my pistol at the state police station, I had asked a few questions. Apparently I was cuffed in the ambulance with 2 officers. I thought I was in Chicago. The lady who pulled over and called the police thought I was dead inside my car. (I later thanked her for calling and ambulance).

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To this day, before ever joining the marines, I had never had a cavity, seizures....list goes on.

Well my spiritual experience made me realize Jesus is God and is definitely ALIVE ...before I did not believe and was seeking...everyone tries to tell me Im wrong though

I was about 5 years old, and was in the car, with my parents and siblings, moving from one state to another.

It was a long trip, but headed to oklahoma, we went through the smoky mountains. Out of the blue, something changed.
High up on the cliff, I could look down and see the clouds below, and the lush green valley. I went from seeing this, to completely checking out for a second from this reality.

I had no idea what had happened, but suddenly, I had no idea who the people were, with me in the car. I didn't know my sisters, and I didn't know my parents. I also, mentally, asked who I was. Who were these people I was with, and what am I doing here? How did I get here? It wasn't "right", but it was right.
I knew these were my "family" only momentarily. I knew it was a "flash of time", but I didn't understand why I experienced this confusion. It made the rest of the trip pretty strange, and left a huge question in my life, as to what really happened.....

MY MOTHER shot the landlord off the roof....

OK here goes...(1st A little history for this to make sense, and to aid in my mothers defense).

My grandfather was a half breed, he was half Cherokee and half English. He had three loves, my mother, his guns, and booze.

He took my mother every where, and taught her to shoot all kinds of guns. By the time she was thirteen, she could shoot and hit anything, even moving targets (mostly rabbits where they lived)...

My mother was very beautiful, she was tender, and would give away her last dollar but also had an explosive temper, even though she was only 4'7" she was not to be messed with.

OK now I'll skip ahead a few years...

My mother moved us from my Dad in 1964 from Alaska to Arizona, my Dad was violent...We moved into a rental house and my mother worked as a waitress making most of her money from tips, which we rolled at night. My mother had really good days, we used the money to pay for bills.

Several days at work were slow one week for my mother.

One day the landlord came over. I was in the tree in the front yard, the owner asked; "where is your mother?" I said "she is on the side of the house"...

I jumped out of the tree, it was always a interesting thing to be near my mom, and watch her interact with people.

He said "Veneta, I need the rent money"...

My Mom said, "I've never been late before, I've had a few slow days, I'll give it to you in a couple of days"...

He said "No, I need it now, and if you don't give it to me I will turn off the swamp cooler on top of the house".

Mom said "Please don't Mary is pregnant and its very hot outside.

He said "I,m going to get the ladder"...

He put the ladder against the house, my Mom says "honey go get mommas purse" then she turns to the landlord and says "If you touch that cooler I'm going to shoot your ass off that roof!"....He laughs...

I return with her purse, she pulls out her 38 pistol, he proceeds to climb the ladder, bends over to flip the switch, and my mother shoots him right in the ass!

He falls off the house, hits the ground hard, and my mother says...

"Now, when the cops get here, and they are coming"..."I want you to tell them, I was showing you the gun, as you climbed the ladder, and it accidentally went off...

"Because if you don't...I'll wait til your asleep one night, I'll crawl into your bed room window, and I'll kill you!"...

She paid him in full in a couple of days...



That was my Mom, and after all these years, I have discovered...I love her, and I now know, she did the beast she could...

I got in a fight with Suge Knight outside a Long Beach hotel.

I was walking with Suge and two of his friends and two girls and I looked him right in the eye and asked him if he knew who killed 2Pac(implying to him that I thought it was him.)

Needless to say his two friends pushed me down on the ground and stole my shoe and they jumped in a van and left.

Nope pale baby blue and yea It didn't register till I saw him during the trial and told my friends that was the guy!

That sounds to me like you are a walk-in. I've known 2 in my lifetime.

At that moment, you - as a spirit - jumped into the body. Don't know why the original owner left, but they must have done.

Very similar thing happened to a guy I know.

The theodor Bundy one is the weirdest except maybe this one..I posted on another thread earlier today.

My experience is unlike any others, that I’m aware of, and I appreciate the opportunity to share it with you.

After I got out of the Marines (Intelligence specialist). I developed a severe case of seizures. 'Epilepsy' around the age of 23.


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To this day, before ever joining the marines, I had never had a cavity, seizures....list goes on.

Your mother is awesome!